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iPhone/iPad Dictionary

The iPhone/iPad app contains the full dictionary with a powerful search facility:
just type in the word that you are looking for, and it offers several words
with similar spellings. Click on the
symbol next to a word to hear a recording of somebody saying the word.

The dictionary is stored on your device, so you get an instant
response to queries. And, of course, you can use it for free, anywhere, even
if you have no network coverage.

You can look up arabic words using an on-screen keyboard with either
arabic or european letters, or you can use the standard keyboard.

The thesaurus provides listings of words with similar meanings, and the
vocabulary function enables you to create a personal list of words to learn.

The examples view shows you a selection of examples that contain a particular word
or grammatical element. You can hear somebody saying the entire example

If you touch a word in the example or the translation, you will see the full
dictionary entry for the word: the corresponding word in the other language
is highlighted.

The pronunciation view enables you to select words containing a particular
phoneme (sound) or group of letters and hear somebody saying each word.

You can also record yourself saying a word and listen to yourself, then compare
your recording to the correct pronunciation.

If you click on a word in the search or thesaurus views, you will see full
details for the word

For verbs, you can also get a full listing of the perfect,
imperfect, bi-and ha-imperfect, imperative and participles.

Click on a syntax keyword (eg noun) next to a word to go directly to the corresponding
section of the Egyptian arabic grammar.

The guides to Egyptian Arabic grammar and Arabic writing are built into the app

You can use the vocabulary learning tool to note useful words and add them
to your personal vocabulary list, then it will help you to learn and revise them.

If you would like more information about the app, check out the
user guide for it.

Release history

16/04/2016 V1.3
Version 1.3 contains several improvements. The main new features are that you can now
use pinch and stretch gestures to zoom in on most of the views, and the user interface
now supports arabic.
The examples view has several new features. When you click on a word, the corresponding
word in the other language is highlighted. There are also recordings for all of
the translation. You can now check for updates to the app, the dictionary
database and the grammar document. In addition, there are lots more words and examples.

03/06/2015 V1.2
Version 1.2 contains many additional words, together with corrections and expanded
information for many existing words. The vocabulary learning tool now uses SRS
(spaced repetition system) to maximise learning efficiency. This version introduces
the pronunciation tool, which lists words containing similar sounds and lets you
record and listen to yourself repeating words.

10/07/2014 V1.1.1
This version fixes a bug when downloading sound files on devices that have a 64-bit processor.

11/6/2014 Version 1.1.0
This fixes the bug that affects iPhones (not iPads) running iOS7.1, which
causes it to crash every time you select a value from a picker.
In addition, it contains extra words, feminine and plural for all adjectives
and gender and plural for all nouns.

23/3/2014 Version 1.0.1
An (unsuccessful) attempt to fix the bug introduced by iOS7.1